LG 150 Cell Phone Recalled...Hazardous to Health

According to the Globe and Mail, the LG 150 flip phone has been recalled because it's SAR rating is to high.

Excessive exposure to RF energy, which is used in many devices,
including microwave ovens and televisions, can cause tissue damage by
overheating parts of the body. At relatively low levels of exposure to RF
radiation, evidence of harmful effects is ambiguous and unproven.
Regulators
require that cellphone makers report the amount of RF energy absorbed from their
handsets into the user's body. This number is called the Specific Absorption
Rate, or SAR. It is usually expressed in units of watts per kilogram.
The
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has set the maximum allowable SAR
for cellphones at 1.6 watts per kilogram of body weight, a figure that Industry
Canada has also adopted.
LG refused to reveal the SAR attributed to the LG
150 by PCTEST Engineering Laboratory Inc., an independent testing facility in
Columbia, Md. But one person familiar with the matter said the device measured
above two watts per kilogram, at least 25 per cent above the maximum
standard.

LG is offering an exchange for the phones until the end of march. Apparently you can contact your carrier for this.

Go here for the SAR rating on some other phones.

Play safe folks and check your cell phone cause you're probably on it a lot.